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> WOT - Looking for a Boeing Employee, To talk to for my Masters Thesis
EdwardBlume
post May 8 2008, 10:41 AM
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Is anyone here a Boeing employee? or know a Boeing employee? I'd like to try and talk to someone who works there for some general background on the company.

The reason: I'm finishing my MBA at Santa Clara University and we are doing our Capstone paper on Boeing.

I'm mostly interested in how management and various functional teams work with strategic groups.

Any help is much appreciated!

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post May 8 2008, 12:42 PM
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JP works there I think.

OK, maybe he is on the payroll there.
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post May 8 2008, 12:52 PM
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You know how many people work at Boeing?


About half.
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post May 8 2008, 12:59 PM
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You know how many people work at Boeing?


About half.


Are you looking for employees or total workforce. Boeing employs a significant amount of contractor resources, so that might muck up your numbers.
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post May 8 2008, 01:27 PM
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Thanks guys. Boeing employs about 160,000 worldwide. They are doing pretty well with record backlog, very strong earnings from the commercial airplanes business, and a broad offering of innovative airplanes.

Over the past 10 years, they've taken a more lean approach to manufacturing, incorporating global outsourcing, and relying more on vertical integration from suppliers at fabs vs total manufacturing. Results have been great over the past 5 years, although the 787 Dreamliner has been delayed.

I'm hoping if there is a fellow 914er that works for Boeing, or knows someone that works for Boeing, who can hook me up so that I can learn more about the company culture from an inside perspective.

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post May 8 2008, 01:32 PM
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My wife's brother is an inspector on the flight line at the everett, wa plant.
30 year employee.
PM me some contact info.

I drive past it everyday.
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post May 8 2008, 01:49 PM
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Thanks guys. Boeing employs about 160,000 worldwide. They are doing pretty well with record backlog, very strong earnings from the commercial airplanes business, and a broad offering of innovative airplanes.

Over the past 10 years, they've taken a more lean approach to manufacturing, incorporating global outsourcing, and relying more on vertical integration from suppliers at fabs vs total manufacturing. Results have been great over the past 5 years, although the 787 Dreamliner has been delayed.

I'm hoping if there is a fellow 914er that works for Boeing, or knows someone that works for Boeing, who can hook me up so that I can learn more about the company culture from an inside perspective.

Thanks!
R

yea... global out sourcing. china wouldn't buy any airplaines from them unless they got some of the maufacturing from boeing. they got the wing, the super secret, industry leading efiecent wing, and guess what china anounces they're gonna start their own commercal airplane company.....hummmm smart.
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post May 9 2008, 11:54 AM
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Bump (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Thanks.
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post May 9 2008, 12:40 PM
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I worked there. 17 years ago......
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post May 9 2008, 01:02 PM
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Track down JP, I think he still works there..not sure.
Dave Dyer also may have worked there recently.

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post May 9 2008, 01:30 PM
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I come in here to eat my lunch & surf the net. Been doin' it for 20 years.
There has been a member of my immediate family working for Boeing since 1941....it ain't gettin' better.
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post May 9 2008, 03:05 PM
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The new Boeing jet liner will be called the 7JP7.
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post May 9 2008, 03:05 PM
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....it ain't gettin' better.



From the way your source inspectors are crawling up my QC guy rear end I would tend to agree (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post May 9 2008, 03:47 PM
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QUOTE(Rob Ways @ May 8 2008, 09:41 AM) *

Is anyone here a Boeing employee? or know a Boeing employee? I'd like to try and talk to someone who works there for some general background on the company.

The reason: I'm finishing my MBA at Santa Clara University and we are doing our Capstone paper on Boeing.

I'm mostly interested in how management and various functional teams work with strategic groups.

Any help is much appreciated!

Thanks!
Rob


Google Darleen A. Druyun
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post May 29 2008, 02:24 PM
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QUOTE(race914 @ May 9 2008, 02:47 PM) *

QUOTE(Rob Ways @ May 8 2008, 09:41 AM) *

Is anyone here a Boeing employee? or know a Boeing employee? I'd like to try and talk to someone who works there for some general background on the company.

The reason: I'm finishing my MBA at Santa Clara University and we are doing our Capstone paper on Boeing.

I'm mostly interested in how management and various functional teams work with strategic groups.

Any help is much appreciated!

Thanks!
Rob


Google Darleen A. Druyun

I been do`n the maintenance side of Boeing for 20 years .I could send you a book that the company had published about 10 years ago its a pretty good read...LMK
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post May 29 2008, 02:34 PM
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20 year Boeing employee...actually Hughes Aircraft (15 years) before Boeing aquired us. Integrated Defense Systems side of the house.

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Google Darleen A. Druyun
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ouch.

I bet they don't want to talk about that one.

Throw the tanker lease program in there why don't you?
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